If it were up to NFL players, though, Kaepernick would be in the league. The Athletic surveyed 85 defensive players across 25 teams, and 81 of those said Kaepernick deserved to be in the NFL. But it didn’t end there.

Many of those players were willing to trade a current NFL quarterback for Kaepernick. According to survey, 20 percent of players polled would kick Blake Bortles out of the league in exchange for Kaepernick. Another 18 percent voted for Nathan Peterman who put up historically poor numbers whenever he took the field.

Plenty of players and teams got at least a single vote here, including for some backups, like Chad Henne of the Chiefs and C.J. Beathard of the 49ers. One player responded by saying he “couldn’t list them all,” and another voted for “25 percent of the league.” Three players specifically noted that if Kaepernick were to be signed to a roster “he’d be a backup.”

Kaepernick filed a collusion grievance against the NFL as he remains out of the league following his protests of racial injustice during the national anthem.

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